Oral health self-care products: realities and myths.

Managed care mythology: supply-side dreams die hard.

As managed care gains increasing influence over the American health financing system, economic pressures and emerging market realities have created a fertile climate for wishful thinking on the part of hospital executives and physicians. Rather than accept the inevitability of reducing excess capacity and incomes, providers cling to self-serving myths about managed care's strategic direction. H...

The economics of tobacco: myths and realities.

Introduction Each side in the debate about tobacco control—the tobacco industry and the public health community—wields a seemingly powerful set of economic arguments, the industry claiming that economic considerations urge a “go slow” approach to tobacco control, the public health community insisting they recommend an aggressive stance. Each of the most prominent arguments presented by both sid...

Does health literacy affect women’s oral health self-care behavior? A cross-sectional study in health centers of Tabriz, North West of Iran

BACKGROUND AND AIM: In public health, health literacy (HL) is rather a new conception. In this regard, oral health as a critical public health issue that affects women’s health. The objective of the present study was to determine oral health self-care behavior and its relationship with HL.METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 232 women who referred to health centers of Tabriz, Ir...

The realities of risk, the nature of hope, and the role of science: A response to Cook and VandeCreek.

A response is offered to the critiques of both Cook and VandeCreek. Among the points emphasized are the simple realities of risk with suicidal patients, existing empirical research with informed consent in both clinical psychology and other health care areas, as well as the persistence of common myths in clinical practice with suicidal patients. Although empirical science provides a firm founda...

Mental health policy in America: myths and realities.